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One woman was left horrified when she realised her husband had secretly been buying their 12-year-old son non-vegan food behind her back - but he stands by her decision

Theo Easton has received significant praise since he started "experimenting" by wearing girls' clothes and now he has even worn a pinafore, and knee-high socks to school

'I don’t see how I’m being unreasonable when it makes my sons uncomfortable.'

Some of the top concerns mums and dads have include worrying about their child's mental health, and whether they will know what to do if they become unwell

A mum is worried about sending her 10-month-old baby to nursery because the staff have explained they won't sterilise her bottles for her, however, other parents have tried to reassure her

Jack Steel, ten, was left devastated after he lost his Lego figure, which is based on himself and is also called Jack, and so he launched an innovative 'missing person' campaign

A mum has had to stick up for herself online after someone disapproved of the lunch she packed for her son. She said no one should shame anyone for feeding their kids

'That level of entitlement is astonishing.'

A mum has said she has 'safety concerns' about leaving her one-year-old son at her mother-in-law's house because the woman owns a dog that could be a danger to her baby

A woman who struggled to get pregnant was left mortified when her sister-in-law decided to use the baby name that she'd chosen, as she became pregnant before her

Cara Celeste West, 30, and husband Harley decided not to put their daughter Zorah, one, into the American schooling system and to move abroad instead where she would be safer

Officer Robert Baer rushed to the scene in Bradyville Pike near Murfressboro, Tennessee, where the distraught parents of the tiny child can be heard pleading on the footage, 'please don’t stop breathing'

A woman was left mortified after her parents failed to listen to her wishes when it came to her indoor cat, and when they let him out because he was 'curious', tragedy struck

Never say these five things to your children as they might have a devastating effect on them. Instead, here are the other phrases that you absolutely should say to them as a parent

Carl and Ruth Jackson sold their home in Swindon, Wiltshire, bought an expensive campervan, and took their kids Maisie, Pippa and Marley on a big trip around Europe and to Australia

'You need an attitude check or a different job'

A woman was left having to have an awkward conversation with her son after he started asking about her 'penis' - when she tried to explain, he was horrified and ran off

A woman has been left frustrated by her mother-in-law as she keeps referring to herself as 'mummy' and the actual mother as 'grandmother' when talking to her 19-month-old son

'My mum said I looked my baby sister in the face and crushed her heart and soul.'

A mother has asked for advice on how to handle the fact that her 13-year-old daughter has started wearing false eyelashes - and people aren't very happy about it

The dad of a baby killed at a day suspected to be a front for drugs has said he expected to take his child to a daycare 'not a funeral home.' Two people have been charged with murder

A podiatrist has urged parents to do a simple but clever test to see if their children's shoes are too small, as one in 10 people admit their kids don't tell them if they don't fit properly

A new mum and her partner had picked out a name for her new baby girl which they loved, but after deciding it was 'too trendy' wanted to change it last minute, and now she's regretting it

A mum is considering complaining to her son's new high-school after he watched a horror film trailer in class - and has been left unable to sleep since seeing it

Lorna O'Neill's 16-year old daughter Faye was diagnosed with cancer in November - just four months after her twin sister Aimee passed away after suffering from bowel failure